Hondo is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.

[3] The community was founded by Hispanic settlers from the Rio Grande valley in the 1880s after the U.S. Army had controlled the Apache in the area.

[4] Prior to settlement, the Apache lived in the area, and skirmishes continued to occur after the establishment of Fort Stanton.

According to an interview of Frank Coe, settlers arriving before 1861 lived in placitas, or "adobe family compounds enclosed for defensive purposes", which are still visible in the linear layout Hondo continues to maintain today.

[6][7] Since then, every year the community of Hondo has come together to celebrate the town's history and culture through food, children's performances, and traditional music and dancing.